[CPEO-MEF] PERCHLORATE, MUNITIONS: EPA Releases Drinking Water Contaminant Candidate List

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

[Among the chemicals of particular military significance on this list 
are perchlorate, RDX, hydrazine, and NDMA.]

News Release
September 23, 2009

EPA Releases List of Priority Drinking Water Contaminants for Regulatory 
Consideration



WASHINGTON - EPA is releasing its third list of drinking water 
contaminants that are known or anticipated to occur in public water 
systems and may require regulation. EPA will continue to evaluate and 
collect data on the contaminants, and determine by 2013 for some of them 
whether or not to propose drinking water regulations.

The contaminant candidate list (CCL 3) includes 104 chemical 
contaminants or groups and 12 microbes. Among them are contaminants, 
pesticides, disinfection byproducts, pharmaceuticals, chemicals used in 
commerce, waterborne pathogens and algal toxins. The agency's selection 
of the contaminants builds upon evaluations used for previous lists and 
is based on substantial expert input and recommendations from different 
groups including stakeholders, the National Research Council and the 
National Drinking Water Advisory Council.

EPA will make regulatory determinations for at least five contaminants 
in accordance with the Safe Drinking Water Act. For those CCL 3 
contaminants that lack sufficient information for a regulatory 
determination by 2013, EPA will encourage research to provide the 
information needed.

The agency evaluated approximately 7,500 chemicals and microbes and 
selected 116 candidates for the final list based on their potential to 
pose health risks through drinking water exposure.

The agency considered the best available health effects and occurrence 
data and information to evaluate unregulated contaminants.

A draft CCL 3 was published for review and comment on February 21, 2008. 
EPA reviewed and analyzed the information provided in the comments in 
developing the final CCL 3.

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For the original release, see 
http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/F4ADA31C487F84908525763A004B5CF3

For the full of chemicals on the Drinking Water Contaminant Candidate 
List (CCL 3), see http://www.epa.gov/safewater/ccl/ccl3.html#chemical



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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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